"begynna" meaning in Swedish

See begynna in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Middle Low German beginnen, from Old Saxon biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną. Compare Danish begynde, Norwegian Bokmål begynne, Norwegian Nynorsk begynne, begynna, Low German begünnen, North Frisian begin, Saterland Frisian beginne, West Frisian begjinne, Scots begin, English begin, Dutch beginnen, Afrikaans begin and German beginnen. Etymology templates: {{bor|sv|gml|beginnen}} Middle Low German beginnen, {{der|sv|osx|biginnan}} Old Saxon biginnan, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*biginnaną}} Proto-Germanic *biginnaną, {{cog|da|begynde}} Danish begynde, {{cog|nb|begynne}} Norwegian Bokmål begynne, {{cog|nn|begynne, begynna}} Norwegian Nynorsk begynne, begynna, {{cog|nds|begünnen}} Low German begünnen, {{cog|frr|begin}} North Frisian begin, {{cog|stq|beginne}} Saterland Frisian beginne, {{cog|fy|begjinne}} West Frisian begjinne, {{cog|sco|begin}} Scots begin, {{cog|en|begin}} English begin, {{cog|nl|beginnen}} Dutch beginnen, {{cog|af|begin}} Afrikaans begin, {{cog|de|beginnen}} German beginnen Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|begynner|preterite|begynte|supine|begynt|imperative|begynn|head=}} begynna (present begynner, preterite begynte, supine begynt, imperative begynn) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|begyn|end=nn|past=begynte}} Forms: begynner [present], begynte [preterite], begynt [supine], begynn [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], begynna [active, infinitive], begynnas [infinitive, passive], begynt [active, supine], begynts [passive, supine], begynn [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], begynnen [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], begynner [active, indicative, present], begynte [active, indicative, past], begynns [indicative, passive, present], begynnes [indicative, passive, present], begyntes [indicative, passive, past], begynna [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], begynte [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], begynnas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], begyntes [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], begynne [active, dated, present, subjunctive], begynte [active, dated, past, subjunctive], begynnes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], begyntes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], begynnande [active, participle, past, present], begynd [active, participle, past]
  1. (archaic except in the present participle "begynnande") to begin Synonyms: börja, starta, sätta i gång, initiera Derived forms: begynnelse
    Sense id: en-begynna-sv-verb-DLs6TMLQ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gml",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German beginnen",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "biginnan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon biginnan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*biginnaną"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "begynde"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish begynde",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "begynne"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål begynne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "begynne, begynna"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk begynne, begynna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "begünnen"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German begünnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "begin"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian begin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "beginne"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian beginne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "begjinne"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian begjinne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "begin"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots begin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "begin"
      },
      "expansion": "English begin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "beginnen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch beginnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "begin"
      },
      "expansion": "Afrikaans begin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "beginnen"
      },
      "expansion": "German beginnen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German beginnen, from Old Saxon biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną. Compare Danish begynde, Norwegian Bokmål begynne, Norwegian Nynorsk begynne, begynna, Low German begünnen, North Frisian begin, Saterland Frisian beginne, West Frisian begjinne, Scots begin, English begin, Dutch beginnen, Afrikaans begin and German beginnen.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynte",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynn",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynner",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begyntes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begyntes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "begynn",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "begynner",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "begynte",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "begynt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "begynna (present begynner, preterite begynte, supine begynt, imperative begynn)",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "begyn",
        "end": "nn",
        "past": "begynte"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "begynnelse"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "thinning hair / receding hairline (\"a beginning hairless-portion-of-the-scalp (like a bald spot, or portion more generally)\")",
          "text": "en begynnande flint",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin"
      ],
      "id": "en-begynna-sv-verb-DLs6TMLQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic except in the present participle \"begynnande\"",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic except in the present participle \"begynnande\") to begin"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "börja"
        },
        {
          "word": "starta"
        },
        {
          "word": "sätta i gång"
        },
        {
          "word": "initiera"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "begynna"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "begynnelse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "beginnen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German beginnen",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "biginnan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon biginnan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*biginnaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *biginnaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "begynde"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish begynde",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "begynne"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål begynne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "begynne, begynna"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk begynne, begynna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "begünnen"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German begünnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "begin"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian begin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "beginne"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian beginne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "begjinne"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian begjinne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "begin"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots begin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "begin"
      },
      "expansion": "English begin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "beginnen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch beginnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "begin"
      },
      "expansion": "Afrikaans begin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "beginnen"
      },
      "expansion": "German beginnen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German beginnen, from Old Saxon biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną. Compare Danish begynde, Norwegian Bokmål begynne, Norwegian Nynorsk begynne, begynna, Low German begünnen, North Frisian begin, Saterland Frisian beginne, West Frisian begjinne, Scots begin, English begin, Dutch beginnen, Afrikaans begin and German beginnen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "begynner",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynte",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynn",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynner",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begyntes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begyntes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begyntes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynnande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begynd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "begynn",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "begynner",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "begynte",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "begynt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "begynna (present begynner, preterite begynte, supine begynt, imperative begynn)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "begyn",
        "end": "nn",
        "past": "begynte"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
        "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Swedish terms with archaic senses",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish verbs",
        "Swedish weak verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "thinning hair / receding hairline (\"a beginning hairless-portion-of-the-scalp (like a bald spot, or portion more generally)\")",
          "text": "en begynnande flint",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic except in the present participle \"begynnande\"",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic except in the present participle \"begynnande\") to begin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "börja"
    },
    {
      "word": "starta"
    },
    {
      "word": "sätta i gång"
    },
    {
      "word": "initiera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "begynna"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'imper. plural'",
  "path": [
    "begynna"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "begynna",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
  "path": [
    "begynna"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "begynna",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.